[geo] Hacking the Earth by Jamais Cascio (Paperback) - Lulu

2013-07-03 Thread Andrew Lockley
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[geo] Re: Warming-induced increase in aerosol number concentration likely to moderate climate change : Nature Geoscience

2013-07-03 Thread Angus Ferraro
I think it's worth noting that the magnitude of the feedback is small. Their order-of-magnitude estimate is -0.01 W m-2 K-1. Locally it gets larger, and the idea is very interesting, but I'm not sure how 'useful' this could be. On Tuesday, 2 July 2013 13:12:02 UTC+1, andrewjlockley wrote:

Re: [geo] CRD: not very relevant and a distraction

2013-07-03 Thread Lou Grinzo
If you look at current emissions (too high and still rising slightly), plus the lock-in effect of current and near-term planned infrastructure (e.g. the WRI report on massive planned worldwide coal plant additions), I don't think it even makes sense to discuss CDR as anything but an active form

[geo] Re: (Ocean pipes) The Science of Climate and Geo-engineering… and more David Brin Ethical Technology

2013-07-03 Thread Michael Hayes
Greg, What I'm struggling to weave together is a method which can address food,fuel,fertilizer and environmental needs while keeping an eye on the socioeconomic dynamics which brought us to this point. A meta concept which can coordinate these fundamental needs and dynamics may be possible,